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Released in 1989 just three years after his debut, Just Lookin' for a Hit may have been a bit premature for a greatest-hits album, but it did the trick and sold better than any album Dwight Yoakam had thus far issued. This set is chock-full of the definitive Dwight -- at the time -- from the opener, a hard rocking version of the Dave Alvin & the Blasters' "Long White Cadillac," to his self-penned honky tonk soul jam "Little Ways," before moving into hardcore barroom twang with Johnny Horton's "Honky Tonk Man" and the rockabilly country kicker "I Got You." Just how closely Yoakam walked the line between hard country and soulful rockabilly is nowhere more evident than it is on his cover of Doc Pomus' "Little Sister." Thankfully his theme "Guitars, Cadillacs" is here as is his duet with k.d. lang on Gram Parsons' "Sin City." Add "I Sang Dixie," "Please, Please Baby," and his duet with Buck Owens on "Steets of Bakersfield." When one considers that these are merely highlights -- and some of them arguable choices -- from his first three records, the true value of Yoakam as a recording artist who single-handedly revitalized traditional country music becomes evident. This is a smoking hits collection but is only a taste of the treasures that lie within the individual albums themselves.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Dwight Yoakam, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Stephen Marcussen, MasteringEngineer - JD Foster, Bass Guitar - Jeff Donavan, Drums - PETE ANDERSON, Producer, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar - Charlie Paakkari, Engineer - PETER DOELL, AssistantEngineer - Dave Alvin, Writer - JUDY CLAPP, AssistantEngineer - DUSTY WAKEMAN, Engineer, Guitar - Taras Prodaniuk, Bass Guitar
© 1989 Reprise Records ℗ 1989 Reprise Records
Herb Pedersen, Background Vocals - Dwight Yoakam, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Brantley Kearns, Fiddle - JD Foster, Bass Guitar - Jeff Donavan, Drums - PETE ANDERSON, Producer, Electric Guitar - JUDY CLAPP, AssistantEngineer - Eddie Schreyer, MasteringEngineer - DUSTY WAKEMAN, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - MICHAEL DUMAS, Assistant Production - Skip Edwards, Piano - Dan Freedman, Assistant Production
© 1989 Reprise Records ℗ 1987 Reprise Records for the world outside the U.S.A. and Via, under exclusive license to Rhino Entertainment Company, for the U.S.A
Tillman Franks, Writer - Howard Hausey, Writer - Dwight Yoakam, Arranger, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Gene Taylor, Piano - Brantley Kearns, Background Vocals, Fiddle - Brian Levi, Engineer - David Mansfield, Mandolin - JD Foster, Bass Guitar - JOHNNY HORTON, Writer - Jeff Donavan, Drums - PETE ANDERSON, Producer, Arranger, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, MixingEngineer - Eddie Schreyer, MasteringEngineer - DUSTY WAKEMAN, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Steven Himelfarb, Assistant Recording Engineer
© 1989 Reprise Records ℗ 1986 Warner Records for the world outside the U.S.A. and Via, under exclusive license to Rhino Entertainment Company, for the U.S.A.
Dwight Yoakam, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Jeff Donavan, Drums - PETE ANDERSON, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar - Charlie Paakkari, AdditionalEngineer - JIM LAUDERDALE, Background Vocals - PETER DOELL, AssistantEngineer - Eddie Schreyer, MasteringEngineer - DUSTY WAKEMAN, Engineer, Percussion, MixingEngineer - MICHAEL DUMAS, AssistantProducer - Scott Joss, Mandolin - Skip Edwards, Piano - Taras Prodaniuk, Bass Guitar - Don Reed, Fiddle
© 1989 Reprise Records ℗ 1988 Reprise Records
Dwight Yoakam, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Doc Pomus, Writer - Mort Shuman, Writer - Brantley Kearns, Fiddle - JD Foster, Bass Guitar - Jeff Donavan, Drums - PETE ANDERSON, Producer, Electric Guitar - JUDY CLAPP, AssistantEngineer - Eddie Schreyer, MasteringEngineer - DUSTY WAKEMAN, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - MICHAEL DUMAS, Assistant Production - Skip Edwards, Piano - Dan Freedman, Assistant Production
© 1989 Reprise Records ℗ 1987 Reprise Records for the world outside the U.S.A. and Via, under exclusive license to Rhino Entertainment Company, for the U.S.A
Dwight Yoakam, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Brantley Kearns, Background Vocals - Jeff Donavan, Drums - PETE ANDERSON, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar - Charlie Paakkari, AdditionalEngineer - JIM LAUDERDALE, Background Vocals - PETER DOELL, AssistantEngineer - Eddie Schreyer, MasteringEngineer - Flaco Jimenez, Accordion - DUSTY WAKEMAN, Engineer, Percussion, MixingEngineer - MICHAEL DUMAS, AssistantProducer - Scott Joss, Mandolin - Skip Edwards, Piano - Taras Prodaniuk, Bass Guitar - Don Reed, Fiddle - Tom Brumley, Pedal Steel Guitar
© 1989 Reprise Records ℗ 1988 Reprise Records
Dwight Yoakam, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Glen D. Hardin, Piano - Brantley Kearns, Fiddle - JD Foster, Bass Guitar - Jeff Donavan, Drums - PETE ANDERSON, Producer, Electric Guitar, MixingEngineer - Eddie Schreyer, MasteringEngineer - DUSTY WAKEMAN, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Steven Himelfarb, Assistant Recording Engineer
© 1989 Reprise Records ℗ 1986 Warner Records Inc.
Chris Hillman, Writer - Dwight Yoakam, Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Gram Parsons, Writer - Stephen Marcussen, MasteringEngineer - JD Foster, Bass Guitar - Jeff Donavan, Drums - PETE ANDERSON, Producer, Electric Guitar - Charlie Paakkari, Engineer - k.d. lang, Vocals - Glen Hardin, Piano - PETER DOELL, AssistantEngineer - JUDY CLAPP, AssistantEngineer - DUSTY WAKEMAN, Engineer, Guitar - Scott Joss, Mandolin - Skip Edwards, Piano - Taras Prodaniuk, Bass Guitar - Don Reed, Fiddle - Tom Brumley, Pedal Steel Guitar
© 1989 Reprise Records ℗ 1988 Reprise Records
Dwight Yoakam, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Brantley Kearns, Background Vocals, Fiddle - JD Foster, Bass Guitar - Jeff Donavan, Drums - PETE ANDERSON, Producer, Electric Guitar - JUDY CLAPP, AssistantEngineer - Eddie Schreyer, MasteringEngineer - DUSTY WAKEMAN, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - MICHAEL DUMAS, Assistant Production - Skip Edwards, Piano - Dan Freedman, Assistant Production
© 1989 Reprise Records ℗ 1987 Reprise Records for the world outside the U.S.A. and Via, under exclusive license to Rhino Entertainment Company, for the U.S.A
Dwight Yoakam, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Vocals - Jeff Donavan, Drums - PETE ANDERSON, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar - Charlie Paakkari, AdditionalEngineer - JIM LAUDERDALE, Background Vocals - Buck Owens, Vocals - PETER DOELL, AssistantEngineer - Eddie Schreyer, MasteringEngineer - Flaco Jimenez, Accordion - DUSTY WAKEMAN, Engineer, Percussion, MixingEngineer - MICHAEL DUMAS, AssistantProducer - Scott Joss, Mandolin - Skip Edwards, Piano - Taras Prodaniuk, Bass Guitar - Don Reed, Fiddle - Dwight Yoakam with Buck Owens, MainArtist - Homer Joy, Writer
© 1989 Reprise Records ℗ 1988 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S.
Albumbeschreibung
Released in 1989 just three years after his debut, Just Lookin' for a Hit may have been a bit premature for a greatest-hits album, but it did the trick and sold better than any album Dwight Yoakam had thus far issued. This set is chock-full of the definitive Dwight -- at the time -- from the opener, a hard rocking version of the Dave Alvin & the Blasters' "Long White Cadillac," to his self-penned honky tonk soul jam "Little Ways," before moving into hardcore barroom twang with Johnny Horton's "Honky Tonk Man" and the rockabilly country kicker "I Got You." Just how closely Yoakam walked the line between hard country and soulful rockabilly is nowhere more evident than it is on his cover of Doc Pomus' "Little Sister." Thankfully his theme "Guitars, Cadillacs" is here as is his duet with k.d. lang on Gram Parsons' "Sin City." Add "I Sang Dixie," "Please, Please Baby," and his duet with Buck Owens on "Steets of Bakersfield." When one considers that these are merely highlights -- and some of them arguable choices -- from his first three records, the true value of Yoakam as a recording artist who single-handedly revitalized traditional country music becomes evident. This is a smoking hits collection but is only a taste of the treasures that lie within the individual albums themselves.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:35:17
- Main artists: Dwight Yoakam
- Label: Warner Records
- Genre: Blues/country/folk Country
© 1989 Reprise Records ℗ 1988, 1989 Reprise Records
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